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G. CUTTS.

DRAWERS.

Patented Nov. 9,1897.

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UNITED STATES GEORGE CUTTS, OF

PATENT @EEICE.

NEW YORK, N. Y.

DRAWERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,549, dated November9, 1897.

Application filed June 2,1897. Serial No. 639,193. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE Oorrs, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Mens Drawers, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to that species of drawers properly designated asmens bodyless drawers, and is particularly suitable for those drawerswhich are made of light-weight material for summer wear or for drawersto be worn in winter under or over the common drawers.

Essentially, the invention consists in drawers wherein, first, the legsare separate and independent and are connected at the crotch by a bandor strap, so that there is a small interval between said legs at thispoint, which interval permits of the easy adaptation of the drawers tothe other clothing and obviates undue stress upon the drawers near thispart; second, the upper parts of the drawers are constructed to permitthe suspension of the drawers by fastening them to the inside of thetrousers or other outer garment, and, third, the upper margins of eachof the halves of the drawers are so shaped and constructed as to obviateundue stress upon those parts of the drawers from any posture of thewearer.

By my construction of the drawers as aforesaid and the suspension ofthem from some outer garment instead of by suspenders over the shouldersor a strap from the drawers to the shirt I have overcome the seriousdefects which have hitherto prevented the general Referring to thedrawings which accompany the specification to aid the description,Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one form of the invention. Fig. 2is a perspective view showing another form thereof, and Fig. 3 is adetail view showing the means for connecting the drawers to the trousersof the wearer.

Referring to Fig. 1, the improved drawers are made with two separatelegs, each of which is provided with an upper or body part, as shown,andI prefer that the legs of the drawers shall be made loose-fitting and soas to well fill the trousers-legs. At the crotch A B the said legs areconnected together by the strap S, and either both ends of said strap Sare permanently connected to the said legs by extending the ends of saidstrap about two inches down its respective leg and stitching the ends tothe legs, as shown in Fig. 1, or one end of said strap is permanentlyconnected to its corresponding leg, and the other end thereof is adaptedto be removably connected tothe other drawers-leg, Fig. 2. If the saidother end is to be fastened to its drawers-leg by buttons, it issufficient to place two buttons 0 c on the said free end of the strapand provide corresponding buttonholes b b in the proper drawers-leg,Fig. 2. Thus the buttons are set so as to be farthest from the flesh ofthe wearer. Said strap Sis preferably made about two inches wide and oftwo or more thicknesses of material, which is preferably jean or muslinor the drawers material reinforced with jean or muslin, and, ashereinbefore mentioned, the effect of using said strap S is to leave asmall interval, preferably about an inch, between the two drawerslegs,as is clearly shown in the drawings, whereby the comfort of the weareris increased and the strain on the drawers at the crotch diminished.

The tops of the drawers upon the sides 0 D and C D are finished with areinforcement of two or more thicknesses of the drawers material .or ofthe drawers material with any suitable reinforcing fabric, usually abouteight to ten inches in length and one and onehalf inches in depth, toprovide a ground for any suitable fastener for upholding the drawers byconnection with the inner sides of the trousers or common drawers at twoor more points a a on each side, about midway up the hip of the trousersa a, Fig. 3. the fasteners are used at two points, these points will beseven to nine inches apart. I also prefer that the horizontal top edges0 D G D of each leg of the drawers shall be midway between front andback, as is indicated in the drawings, and that the upper margins A O,AD, B C, B D shall be sloped on concave arcs with the same radius ofcurvature, or, in

other words, shall be similar curves, so that the drawers shall bereversible and shall also be freed from undue stress at these margins.

Now, having described myinvention, what I claim is- 1. Theherein-described drawers comprising the leg portions each terminating atthe upper end in a body portion, said body portions being cut away atboth front and back at their inner edges on concaved curved lines andbeing united at the crotch portions by a narrow strip and provided attheir upper edges with fastening devices to engage with. the outergarment, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described drawers comprising two separate leg portionseach terminating at the upper end in a body portion, said body portionsbeing cut away at both front and back at their inner edges on similarconcave curved lines and being united at the crotch by a narrow strip anend of which is permanently fastened to one leg of the drawers and thefree end of the strip being provided with devices for attachment to theother leg of the' drawers, and said body portions being provided attheir upper edges with reinforcements and devices thereon for attachmentto the outer garment, substantially as described. In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

- GEORGE CUTTS. Vitnesses THos. F. OASHMAN, C. F. FROTHINGHAM.

